Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar has said that if elected president next year his first assignment would be to present a bill for restructuring to the National Assembly.
Atiku stated this during an interactive session with the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Lagos on Wednesday.
The former Vice President promised that on his first day in office he would submit a proposal for a constitutional amendment that would ensure the devolution of power.
He said, “Let me, therefore, use the opportunity of this gathering today with the gatekeepers of the Nigerian media to say that my restructuring agenda is intact and it will be implemented from my first day in office.
“Already, I have received a report from a team of constitutional law experts which I assembled to look into our constitution and highlight areas where there are items that can be moved to the concurrent and residual lists of the constitution.
“Let me tell you that I will start work on the implementation of that report from my very first day in office if I am elected president next year.”
Atiku, while responding to questions from editors, said that his administration would work closely with the private sector towards ensuring that the gaps in infrastructure deficits are closed.
“The private sector is pivotal to my agenda to rejuvenate the economy and close our infrastructure deficit gaps. If I am elected president, I will work closely with the private sector by giving them incentives to create more jobs and also grant them tax holidays in order for them to intervene in our infrastructure development.
“It is obvious to all that government doesn’t have all the money and the debt burden has continued to weigh us down. Therefore, government has to be creative and engaging the private sector is one way of solving our infrastructure problems in a sustainable way,” he said.
